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About the School> Departments & Centres> Applied Mathematics> Research Groups> Optimization

Semidefinite programming | Global optimization | Potential energy
Optimization

Optimization is about finding the "best" way to do a task, subject to any restrictions. Research in optimization includes model development, analysis, numerical techniques and applications.

Research Interests

  • Nonlinear programming.
  • Nonsmooth analysis and optimization.
  • Global optimization.
  • Applied nonlinear functional analysis.
  • Semidefinite programming.
  • Optimal control for cancer chemotherapy.
  • Numerical methods for nonsmooth problems.
  • Integer programming.
  • Stochastic programming.
  • Application of Optimization Techniques to
      - Approximation,
      - Biology,
      - Finance,
      - Engineering,
      - Statistics,
      - Data mining,
      - Open Pit Mining,
      - Scheduling Port Operations.
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Research Fellows

Collaborators

  • Natashia Boland, University of Melbourne, Australia
  • Xiaojun Chen, Hirosaki University, Japan
  • Andreas Fischer, Dortmund University, Germany
  • Martin Groetschel, Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum für Informationstechnik Berlin (ZIB), Germany
  • Dinh The Luc, University of Avignon, France
  • Christian Kanzow, University of Hamburg, Germany
  • Lucien Polak, UC Berkeley, USA
  • Gue Myung Lee, Pukyong National University, Korea
  • Alex Rubinov, University of Ballarat, Victoria
  • Steve Wright, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA
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